Poetry Saved Me In Iran — Could It Save Us From War?

Ari Honarvar
The Establishment
Published in
8 min readMar 1, 2017

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At the very least, poetry can provide clarity during this time of unfounded fear and hate.

IIt’s not an exaggeration to say that my life was likely saved by a poem.

During the Iran-Iraq war, when Iran was an unofficial “banned nation,” an unspoken agreement among countries of the world…

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Ari Honarvar
The Establishment

Speaker, performer, refugee advocate| @guardian @washingtonpost and more| The author of Rumi’s Gift and upcoming novel, A Girl Called Rumi rumiwithaview.com